Krejcikova wins Tallinn Open

Final day in Tallinn.

2022 Tallinn Open, a WTA 250 tournament, on Hard, in Tallinn, Estonia, 26 September - 2 October 2022.

This is a new tournament on the WTA Tour calendar.

Final:

Anett Kontaveit (1) (Estonia) v Barbora Krejcikova (7) (Czech Republic)

The players met twice before this final.

Kontaveit won a round robin match in the 2021 WTA Finals.

Krejcikova won a semi final in Sydney early this year.

In the final, Krejcikova broke first, in the sixth game of the opening set, to lead 4-2.

Serving at 2-5 to stay in the set, Kontaveit failed, and Krejcikova led 6-2.

The pair traded breaks in the opening two games of set two.

In game four, serving at 1-2, Krejcikova survived five deuces and saved two break points.

Kontaveit converted the third, and led 3-1.

Krejcikova immediately broke back, and broke again in the eighth game for a 5-3 advantage.

The seventh seed served out the match 6-2 6-3.

Barbora Krejcikova claimed the title, her fourth from seven finals, and first since the Prague Open in July last year.